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Nighthawk Rising : A Biography of Accused Cattle Rustler Queen Ann Bassett of Brown's Park / Diana Allen Kouris.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8141
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kouris, Diana Allen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bassett, Ann, 1878-1956.
- Bassett, Ann.
- Women ranchers--Colorado--Biography.
- Women ranchers.
- Ranch life--Colorado--History--19th century.
- Ranch life.
- Outlaws--Colorado--Biography.
- Outlaws.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Biography.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Ranchers--Colorado--Biography.
- Ranchers.
- Women--Colorado--Biography.
- Women.
- Brown's Park--Biography.
- Brown's Park.
- Colorado.
- United States--Brown's Park.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Glendo, Wyoming : High Plains Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Recounts the life and times of Ann Myrtle Bassett (1878-1956) and Brown's Park, located at the intersection of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
- Contents:
- The welcoming
- Since times primeval
- A frightful fate
- The aftermath
- Ann's mentors arrive
- Buckskin and the judge
- The orphan
- In the company of outlaws
- Of branding irons
- The grizzly
- Farewell, splendid matriarch
- A rebellious nature
- To prevent trouble
- Hunting grounds
- The lynching
- Becoming Queen Ann
- The stranger
- The tempest
- Riding into legend
- An unsavory den
- The two-bar foreman
- In sheets of ice
- Queen of the cattle rustlers
- Every cedar a symphony
- Eb
- The evanescence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-403) and index.
- Hardcover edition limited to 300 copies.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8141: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Limited edition hardcover number 294 of 300. Author's ink autograph on half title. With dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9781937147150
- 1937147150
- 9781937147167
- 1937147169
- OCLC:
- 1045640276
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